Abstract
In the last 10 years, we have seen an increased frequency of fear and criticism of Islam and Muslims in the Czech media scene. Even though the percentage of Muslims in the Czech Republic is tiny (approx. estimate is 0.2%), there are active groups and movements in the country that seek to stop the spread of Islam in the Czech Republic, and the discussion of threats from Muslims routinely permeates political statements. A very common argumentation of Czech anti-Islamic claims uses the presentation of jihad as evidence of the danger that threatens the Western world from Muslims. The most widespread understanding of this phenomenon still presents jihad as armed violence against non-Muslims, which is supposed to be clear evidence of the warlike and violent nature of Islam. However, in the Czech-language milieu in recent years, there have also been descriptions of other forms of so-called “creeping” or “stealth” jihad. The article focused on the analysis of the concepts of “population jihad” or “demographic jihad”, violent “sexual jihad”, “womb jihad” or “wombfare”, and the so-called “great replacement” as presented on websites, radio, and social networks by the authors of the Czech-language anti-Islamic milieu. The present text thus illustrated the use of interpretations of sexual and demographic jihad to rationalize the fear and hatred of Muslims and Islam in the Czech Republic.
Highlights
Due to the fact that the Muslim community in the Czech Republic is very small, the vast majority of Czech society has minimal or no personal experience with followers of Islam
If we focus on the interpretations of the phenomena referred to as sexual or demographic jihad, we find that these topics are not as central and frequent among the examined groups and individuals in the Czech anti-Islamic theses there is no difference between (Islamic) milieu as, for example, the discussion of jihad by the sword, but they do occur from time to time
Czech anti-Islamic attitudes have been undergoing a certain process of rationalization in recent years
Summary
Due to the fact that the Muslim community in the Czech Republic is very small, the vast majority of Czech society has minimal or no personal experience with followers of Islam. In the context of the refugee crisis, hate speech against Muslims by some politicians, publicists, and media personalities has increased, as has the general distrust of the Czech public toward Islam In recent years, self-proclaimed specialists and experts on Islam have begun to appear on social media and in the media space in general, which may bring with it serious and even dangerous tendencies in Czech society, which is already susceptible to anti-Islamic speech and especially hateful attacks against Muslims on the Internet What forms of sexual jihad are used in the Czech-speaking anti-Muslim or Islamophobic milieu to reinforce or increase social negative views, suspicion, or hatred towards Islam and Muslims? do the theories of Bill Warner and his organization, the Center for the Study of Political Islam International (CSPII), have a demonstrable influence on the Czech anti-Islamic scene?
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